NY Times Article on Sushigate...
NY Times Article on Sushigate...
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 6:14am
This is a fascinating article on the whole Jeremy Piven - Speed The Plow controversy. from RC in Austin, Texas
Sushigate Etc.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 7:29am
This needs to be a play or something.
“We must have a second opinion,” Mr. Richards said in the message. “First we were told hepatitis. Then, Epstein-Barr now mercury poisoning. Who knows next it might be tb.”
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:52am"he said that he hoped to work on Broadway again"
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 9:14amIt already is a play. "The Piven Monologues" performed at Joe's Pub.
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 11:34amYeah, despite the fact that Mr. Piven's lawyer sent them a cease and desist.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 11:36am
It already is a play. "The Piven Monologues" performed at Joe's Pub.
Which, while hysterical, was not nearly as cool as would be an actual (satirical) play about the situation.
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 12:39pmInteresting that the entire arbitration decision is now online. If I get really, really bored today I'll read it.
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Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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Posted: 10/9/09 at 4:06pmI read the whole thing. Frankly the arbitrator seemed inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to Piven and to make Jeffrey Richards look foolish. I am sure there is sufficient hindsight to make both sides wish they had acted differently. Much is made of Piven's never missing a show, and little of his reported inability to make half hour call.
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